diff --git a/include/linux/mempolicy.h b/include/linux/mempolicy.h
index e1abe249892a0ca452a8fffb7bbe0b467952652f..3d385c81c153497e9970b4f6227aeded05fd6f22 100644
--- a/include/linux/mempolicy.h
+++ b/include/linux/mempolicy.h
@@ -137,8 +137,6 @@ struct mempolicy *mpol_shared_policy_lookup(struct shared_policy *sp,
 struct mempolicy *get_task_policy(struct task_struct *p);
 struct mempolicy *__get_vma_policy(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		unsigned long addr);
-struct mempolicy *get_vma_policy(struct task_struct *tsk,
-		struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr);
 bool vma_policy_mof(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 
 extern void numa_default_policy(void);
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 9695a9a3ab902f8fef6c4885bfb1a91c6ed77916..008fb32936ebfbc99ff737ff66ff177243c8a930 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -1616,27 +1616,24 @@ struct mempolicy *__get_vma_policy(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 }
 
 /*
- * get_vma_policy(@task, @vma, @addr)
- * @task: task for fallback if vma policy == default
+ * get_vma_policy(@vma, @addr)
  * @vma: virtual memory area whose policy is sought
  * @addr: address in @vma for shared policy lookup
  *
  * Returns effective policy for a VMA at specified address.
- * Falls back to @task or system default policy, as necessary.
- * Current or other task's task mempolicy and non-shared vma policies must be
- * protected by task_lock(task) by the caller.
+ * Falls back to current->mempolicy or system default policy, as necessary.
  * Shared policies [those marked as MPOL_F_SHARED] require an extra reference
  * count--added by the get_policy() vm_op, as appropriate--to protect against
  * freeing by another task.  It is the caller's responsibility to free the
  * extra reference for shared policies.
  */
-struct mempolicy *get_vma_policy(struct task_struct *task,
-		struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
+static struct mempolicy *get_vma_policy(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+						unsigned long addr)
 {
 	struct mempolicy *pol = __get_vma_policy(vma, addr);
 
 	if (!pol)
-		pol = get_task_policy(task);
+		pol = get_task_policy(current);
 
 	return pol;
 }
@@ -1864,7 +1861,7 @@ struct zonelist *huge_zonelist(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 {
 	struct zonelist *zl;
 
-	*mpol = get_vma_policy(current, vma, addr);
+	*mpol = get_vma_policy(vma, addr);
 	*nodemask = NULL;	/* assume !MPOL_BIND */
 
 	if (unlikely((*mpol)->mode == MPOL_INTERLEAVE)) {
@@ -2019,7 +2016,7 @@ alloc_pages_vma(gfp_t gfp, int order, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	unsigned int cpuset_mems_cookie;
 
 retry_cpuset:
-	pol = get_vma_policy(current, vma, addr);
+	pol = get_vma_policy(vma, addr);
 	cpuset_mems_cookie = read_mems_allowed_begin();
 
 	if (unlikely(pol->mode == MPOL_INTERLEAVE)) {
@@ -2285,7 +2282,7 @@ int mpol_misplaced(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long
 
 	BUG_ON(!vma);
 
-	pol = get_vma_policy(current, vma, addr);
+	pol = get_vma_policy(vma, addr);
 	if (!(pol->flags & MPOL_F_MOF))
 		goto out;